Xia Yu began to consider whether he should escape and let the Host Yu take over his body. However, he didn’t know how long Xu Youxiang had been there or whether she had already recognized him as the original. If Xu Youxiang found out he had fled, the situation might become even more dire.
Forget it, there’s nothing to be afraid of. Yesterday, he had already obtained a “no anger card” from Xu Youxiang, so everything should be fine.
Suppressing a bit of anxiety in his heart, Xia Yu continued to stand in a military posture.
The instructor’s phone rang, and he went to answer the call. The formation immediately became chaotic as students took the opportunity to chat.
“Is that girl looking at our class?” Qin Youliang poked Xia Yu’s waist again.
“Maybe.” Xia Yu didn’t want to answer that question.
Sensing Xia Yu’s lack of interest in chatting, Qin Youliang turned to his other four like-minded companions and started whispering with them.
Since all the boys were together, Xia Yu could hear their conversation:
“Last time, An Siyao was only accompanied by a woman who looked like an assistant. This time, the girl came with two bodyguards.”
“No wonder she’s from Huada; young ladies are everywhere there.”
“Do we have any young ladies in our class?”
Their topic quickly veered elsewhere as they began speculating who among their classmates might be from a wealthy family.
Until another boy joined their conversation: “I know that girl in the wheelchair; she’s Xu Youxiang from the computer class. Yesterday when she went to school, she arrived with a maid and two bodyguards knocking on the door, which scared the teacher quite a bit.”
“What? Is she really a college student too?” The five of them were greatly surprised.
“Not just a college student, but also your senior.”
“Wow, that’s intense.”
“Wait, if she’s a college student, then she probably didn’t come here to visit relatives.” The five realized the key point.
They exchanged glances and said in unison: “Most likely, she came here to wait for her boyfriend.”
They were about to continue discussing when the instructor returned.
The formation immediately became neat and quiet.
The instructor waved his hand: “Dismissed early, I have something urgent to attend to.”
After a soft cheer, the students left in twos and threes.
Qin Youliang’s group, now six members strong after welcoming the boy who shared the information about Xu Youxiang, slowly walked toward the edge of the playground while glancing in Xu Youxiang’s direction.
“What a shame, too bad about her legs,” Qin Youliang sighed.
“Yeah,” the five agreed.
“She’ll probably recover her legs within a year,” Xia Yu interjected.
He wanted to spread this information—there was a big difference between legs that could never recover and those temporarily unusable. This way, the students wouldn’t look at Xu Youxiang with pity, and she could feel more at ease.
“Oh, so it’s not like they’re permanently useless then,” the six of them couldn’t help but feel a bit better.
It’s natural for people to feel happy when something beautiful can be restored.
“Wait, how do you know that?” The six turned to look at Xia Yu.
Xia Yu didn’t answer them. He quickened his pace and walked away.
Seeing Xia Yu heading toward Xu Youxiang, the six of them groaned in unison.
They still couldn’t quite believe it, but when they saw Xia Yu reach Xu Youxiang and start talking with her, their hopes were shattered.
Yesterday came a beautiful girl, who belonged to Xia Yu. Today came a cute little girl, who was still Xia Yu’s.
The six of them huddled together in sorrow.
At this moment, Xia Yu’s mood wasn’t particularly happy either.
Approaching Xu Youxiang, Xia Yu took over the handles of the wheelchair from the maid.
“Don’t you have anything to say?” Xu Youxiang asked in a low voice.
Xia Yu couldn’t explain. Explaining would be justifying, and justifying would be shifting blame. He didn’t have the skill of shifting blame.
“Financial and management majors are both in my district. Why did you come here to study literature?” Xu Youxiang pressed further.
“Actually, I’ve always wanted to be a writer,” Xia Yu replied.
“Then where are your books?” Xu Youxiang lifted her head and looked at Xia Yu’s face.
This angle was somewhat unfair. Xia Yu barely restrained the urge to reach out and pinch Xu Youxiang’s cheeks.
“My books are still in the planning stage,” Xia Yu evaded.
Writing books was out of the question—he had been a failed writer for years in his previous life, and he no longer wanted to touch a keyboard.
“Hmph!” Xu Youxiang ended this topic. At this moment, she realized Xia Yu had steered the conversation off-topic.
Entering a sensitive topic required courage. After the topic had been diverted, Xu Youxiang no longer had the courage to return to the previous discussion about the school district.
“You’re just thinking about An Siyao, right? I get it. Let’s go.” She slapped the armrest of the wheelchair and said, her face puffed up with anger.
This matter was thus resolved, and Xia Yu exhaled in relief.
“Where to?” Xia Yu became puzzled again.
“Your An Siyao sent me to find you. The pastry chef made a new dessert, and she wants you to come taste it.” Xu Youxiang straightened her posture, sulking so she wouldn’t look at Xia Yu or let him see her face.
After a while, Xu Youxiang added, “Your no-anger card has expired.”
Xia Yu couldn’t help but smile, reaching out to ruffle Xu Youxiang’s head.
“Let go, you pervert!”
Considering the maid and bodyguards were still behind, Xia Yu withdrew his hand.
Xu Youxiang felt somewhat disappointed.
The two arrived at the school gate, where two cars were already waiting.
With the maid’s help, Xu Youxiang got into the front car, and the wheelchair was folded and placed into the trunk.
Xia Yu sat beside Xu Youxiang, while the two bodyguards and the maid got into the second car.
Inside the car, Xia Yu discovered the driver was someone familiar.
He hadn’t expected An Siyao to come to Afang and bring the driver along as well.
He remembered the driver also had a girlfriend. Had she come along too, or had they broken up?
The driver’s girlfriend, Qing Qing, hadn’t arrived in Yaoguang yet, but she was in the process of quitting her job and would reunite with the driver in a while.
The driver didn’t want to leave Yaoguang either; he had even already chosen a house there.
But…
Thinking back to that night, the driver couldn’t help shivering.
It was a stormy night when the driver was watching a horror movie with his girlfriend when suddenly his phone rang.
From the phone came Yu Ningmeng’s deep voice: “The young mistress is going to Afang and wants to bring a group of people. Are you coming?”
Without hesitation, the driver refused.
After hanging up, he continued watching the horror movie with his girlfriend.
On TV, the villain stood by the window looking outside, when one of his subordinates entered the room.
“Boss, did you call me?” the subordinate asked.
“This place is no longer safe. I’m going to Xingyue to hide for a while. Are you coming with me?” the villain’s voice was low.
“Boss, you know I recently opened a barbecue restaurant, and business is going pretty well, so I was thinking…” the subordinate hesitated.
“Alright, I understand. You can go,” the villain’s back remained as usual, “Wishing you prosperous business.”
“Thank you, boss! Thank you!” the subordinate was surprised and grateful, bowing twice to the villain.
Then he happily turned around and walked toward the door.
“Bang—”
A gunshot rang out, and the subordinate fell to the ground.
The bullet hit his abdomen, so he didn’t die immediately. The villain approached him and raised the gun again.
“Why? Why?” the subordinate grabbed the villain’s ankle with his blood-stained hand, looking at him in disbelief.
“You know too much. I can’t trust you alone,” the villain raised the gun again.
After another gunshot, facing the other subordinates who rushed in hurriedly, the villain coldly said: “Sink the body into the river.”
Sink into the river!
The driver was startled, jumping up from the sofa. His foot hit the coffee table, which let out a painful creak, but he didn’t feel the slightest pain.
With trembling hands, he took out his phone and dialed Yu Ningmeng’s number:
“I’m going! I must go! Please don’t leave me behind!”
After finishing his recollection, the driver sighed.
Some paths, once taken, can never be retraced.
Unaware of the driver’s expression changes and not paying attention to the sulking Xu Youxiang beside him, Xia Yu was currently pondering something.
Something important.
What kind of dessert had the pastry chef made? Was it delicious? How did it compare to the Baiyu dumplings?
Speaking of Baiyu dumplings, he still needed to deal with Yan Wei’s matter. He should bring An Siyao to meet Yan Wei and make her give up.
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